Figuring Out the Stuff Between the Beginning and the End

Rewatching Buffy – Episode 93

Welcome to Rewatching Buffy, the part of the blog where I rewatch Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Each Tuesday evening, you’re invited to join me as I attempt to rediscover what made me love this show 21 years ago.

I Was Made to Love You

Giles and Xander try to cheer Buffy up after the horror that was finding out Spike has a crush on her.

Sunnydale, apparently, has a less than stellar reputation. This, according to a random driver who gave a nice girl a ride.

Anya and Tara are walking through town and bump into the girl looking for true love.

She stops and says she’s looking for Warren. Unfortunately they don’t know Warren.

“No harm in asking,” she says happily. She’s very cheerful.

Buffy runs into Ben at a party.

Uh… why is the local doctor hanging out at an undergrad frat party?

Especially one who is actually Glory in disguise?!

Happy girl shows up at the party, too. She’s still looking for Warren.

Who just happens to be a this party!

With his girlfriend…

Spike shows up, too. At this point, I mean, I know he’s a series regular and he has to stick around… But every time he approaches Buffy while she’s disgusted by him, I have to ask, why doesn’t she just stake him? It would be so easy…

Ben winds up asking Buffy out. Which seems sorta nice.

Except for the fact that he’s Glory.

When happy girl asks Spike about Warren, he asks who she is. Her name is April.

He then whispers something inappropriate in her ear.

This doesn’t go well. Because she throws him out the window.

Like… picks him up and throws him through a window. She’s super strong.

But she’s not a slayer. And she’s not a Glory. So what is she?

A robot. She’s a robot. Warren built a girl robot.

Yeah, it’s as creepy as it sounds.

Joyce had a great time on her date. Isn’t that nice?

April the Robot is going door to door looking for Warren. At 3:30 in the morning.

This is becoming a problem.

The gang tracks Warren down and when Buffy pops by, he’s packing and getting ready to skip town.

His girlfriend is the jealous type. Buffy coming by makes her want to leave. So she does.

Spike shows up at the Magic Box and Giles tells him he’s not welcome. He also tells him to get over Buffy and move on, because it will never happen.

Again… Why are we not staking this guy?

Long term, I know why not… But, in the moment, there is no reason why any one of this show’s main characters should not separate his head from his body.

Katrina, Warren’s real live girlfriend, runs into April the Robot.

When April mentions Warren, Katrina gets angry and happens to angrily state that Warren is her boyfriend.

This doesn’t sit well with April, who then crushes her to the point that she passes out from lack of oxygen.

Buffy and Warren find April holding Katrina. She’s still alive.

Buffy forces Warren to tell April that he’s breaking up with her.

Instead of manning up, Warren just deflects by telling April he loves Buffy. Which makes her angry enough to fight the Slayer.

And they fight until April’s batteries begin dying…

They have a pleasant conversation as April runs out of energy.

Spike goes to Warren’s and demands a Buffybot.

Buffy gets home to find flowers delivered for Joyce.

Then she finds Joyce lying on the couch. She’s not moving.

Thus preparing us for arguably the best and most heartbreaking episode of the entire series.